tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 11 15:04:18 2006
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Re: walk two miles
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: walk two miles
- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:04:07 +1000
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ghItlhpu' DloraH, ja':
>When I do it, if I'm refering to the destination I'm getting to I use: cha'
>qelI'qam vIleng
>"I traveled to a point 2 kelicams away."
>If I'm refering to the journey itself, the adventure of getting there, I
>use:
>cha' qelI'qamDaq jIleng
>"I traveled along a length of 2 kelicams."
Ahh! Okrand explained something like this before (for the third time today,
in the interview with charghwI' in HolQeD 7.4), and used the distinction
{yuQ vIleng} "I journey *to* the planet" versus {yuQDaq jIleng} "I journey
*on* the planet".
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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